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Neston-based Northern Lights Children's Charity have once again taken a party of children with life-limiting illnesses on the trip of a lifetime to Lapland. Share their experience here in words and pictures.

Cheshire West and Chester Councillors have given unanimous backing to HS2 proposals - if they are backed by eleven major improvement schemes to the rail infrastructure throughout North Wales and the North West.

Raising money to take children with life-limiting illnesses to Lapland, Northern Lights Children's Charity teamed up with the Elephant crew and AboutMyArea Neston to introduce the first ever Neston to Parkgate Santa Dash, which took place on Sunday December 14.

Woodfall Primary School has become one of the few primary schools in the country to be judged by Ofsted to be outstanding in all five areas since the introduction of the new, more rigorous inspection framework this year.

Groundwork Cheshire is being funded to provide a Green Doctor service in the Cheshire West and Chester area, for people who are, or are at risk of being, in fuel poverty and vulnerable in winter conditions.

Following a rigorous inspection, Neston High School is delighted to announce that the school has achieved Gold in a recent Investors in People assessment, one of just 40 school in the country awarded this status.

2375 (Neston) Squadron, Air Cadets were in the spotlight again, as Group Captain Richard Allen, from RAF Cosford, presented Flight Lieutenant Paul Thelwell, on behalf of the squadron, with the "Kelly Cup".

Louise Irvine, PR Ambassador for Sainsbury's in Neston, recently went into St Winefrides and took photos of the reception class children trying out all the equipment they had received from the Active Kids voucher scheme.

As part of Tomorrow's Engineers Week, Andrew Miller, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, is urging employers in the constituency to work proactively with local schools and colleges to help fix the engineering skills shortage.

You may be foiled into believing that Registered Charity, Little Actors Theatre Company, is about to perform a scene from an Anthony Horowitz novel, but no wars here, just a happy fundraising partnership with the Foyle Foundation.

Neston Angels' first ever Winter Health Fair at Neston Town Hall on Friday 10th October was a great success, with 18 local and national organisations' displays, and over 100 members of the public visiting for health checks, information and advice.

Over three Saturday afternoons at the end of August and beginning of September 2014 local PCSOs Jackie Tudor & Linda Conway organised for local teenagers to take part in Paintballing at the local SWAT in Parkgate.

West Cheshire residents should now have received a letter informing them of the change to the electoral registration system - a move from the old head of household' registration system to Individual Electoral Registration.

Councillor Bob Rudd, the Lord Mayor of Chester, will join former soldiers of the Cheshire Regiment on a pilgrimage to mark the centenary of the Battle of Mons - one of the bloodiest actions of the First World War.

Students from Neston Primary School are amongst several West Cheshire pupils who have received special accolades for promoting road, community and personal safety messages in their schools and communities.

The phenomenon of the giant marionettes hit Liverpool once more this weekend, featuring a Grandma, a child and a dog. Several Neston-based photographers were on hand to capture the fun and have shared some of their photos with us.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident in Neston. In particular, a cyclist and the occupants of a white car seen near the scene at the time of the incident are being asked to come forward.

Former Neston High School pupil, Hannah Chester from Parkgate, has signed a contract with American company Kekacase allowing them to use 10 of her textile designs for their snap-on mobile phone designer cases.

'Overwhelming' was the verdict from Neston Female Society's Honorary Secretary Robert Halsall this week at a special event held to launch two key elements of the Neston Ladies Club 200th Anniversary Heritage Project.

British Transport Police (BTP) is appealing to the public for information about the final few hours of a man's life after the body of 20 year old Daniel Christopher Starr was discovered next to the railway tracks between Neston and Hawarden Bridge railway stations on the morning of Monday, 12 May.

On Friday of last week, Parkgate Primary School's Rotakids Club presented the money they had raised from their coffee morning and cake sale to Stephanie from Cancer Research UK during their Achievement Assembly.

Following on from last year's multiple nominations at the 2012 NODA North West Amateur Theatre Awards, the Neston Players were recently delighted to find out that they have received no less than six nominations for 2013 awards event.

Students from Neston High School have visited CERN in Switzerland for the 10th consecutive year, to be shown around by a former pupil who is now a University of Liverpool researcher working at the cutting edge of particle physics.

Currently in the 6th Form at Neston High School, 19 year old Rebecca Whalley will be travelling to Borneo later this year with Raleigh International. She has written to share information about the project with AboutMyArea Neston readers.

Adactus Housing Association have relauched their Neighbourhood Fund. A quarter of a million pounds is available for community and neighbourhood projects across the North West in areas where Adactus Housing Group have properties.

Cheshire West and Chester Council is to use discretionary powers to introduce arrangements to grant a discount to certain retail outlets and provide relief to businesses who move into previously long term empty retail premises.

Regular AboutMyArea Neston correspondent 'Old Timer' writes with sad news about the fate of a number of trees, destroyed by the contractors installing the High Voltage Direct Current cable through the Wirral.

Since 2010 Neston Town Council has published a regular newsletter under the name "Neston Matters." Confusion has now arisen following the publication of a local Conservative party publication going by the same name.

In February, children and staff at St. Winefride's RC Primary School in Neston put on their red clothes, wigs and hats for the National Ramp Up the Red Day' organised by the British Heart Foundation, raising an amazing £222.00.

On Sunday 9th March, a pupil from Neston High School will be joining England Rugby's official anthem singer, soprano Laura Wright, on the pitch at Twickenham to sing the National Anthem as the school's uniquely designed rugby shirt is revealed ahead of the RBS 6 Nations match between England and Wales.

Due to funding obtained through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, Cheshire Police are able to provide RDIF chips (think dog chips) for cycles, to residents within the Ellesmere Port & Neston area FREE of charge.

Pupils, staff and Governors at St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, Little Neston are celebrating following their recent Ofsted report where they received Good' across the board, with some outstanding features

Cheshire West's two NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups - made up of GP Practices - have joined the growing number of organisations committed to ending the stigma and discrimination against people with experience of mental health problems.

Recently Neston High were delighted to welcome Garfield Southall (Head of School of Computer Science, Mathematics & Business Computing at Chester University) to Neston High to take part in a session with our Year 10 Computing class

As if Cheshire West & Chester Council (CWaC) hadn't done enough to upset local residents over the works on Cuckoo Lane in Little Neston, emails from the leader of the council, Mike Jones may now have poured fuel onto the fire.

As Cheshire West and Chester Council seeks to reassure residents in the local area, Andrew Miller MP demands an apology from William Hague over plans to dispose of chemicals from Syria at a plant in Ellesmere Port.

Neston & District Chamber of Trade has unveiled a dedicated website to help promote its members and, in conjunction with AboutMyArea Neston, keep the business community up to date with important news and events.

As part of the ongoing maintenance of the cemeteries and crematorium grounds managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council, grave owners and visitors are advised that all Christmas tributes and wreaths should be removed and disposed of from the grounds and burial plots.

Thanks to the continuing extraordinary fundraising efforts of local resident Debbie Windsor and the generosity of two local businesses, there is now a defibrillator unit available on Neston High Street.

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